Norman Evans

Norman Evans

Known for

Acting

Born

November 6, 1901

Birthplace

Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK

Died

November 25, 1962 (aged 61)

Biography

Norman Evans was an English variety and radio performer. The act for which he is best remembered was "Over the Garden Wall", in which he played Fanny Fairbottom, a toothless hatchet-faced Lancastrian housewife gossiping over a garden wall.

Best known work

Over the Garden Wall
Over the Garden Wall
1950
Demobbed
Demobbed
1944
Funny Up North
Funny Up North
2011
Under New Management
Under New Management
1946

Filmography

  1. 2011

    Funny Up North

    as Himself

  2. 1950

    Over the Garden Wall

    as Fanny Lawton

  3. 1946

  4. 1944

    Demobbed

    as Norman

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